Volume 25 Issue 2 - October 2019

BY JAVIER LIMÓN
Friday October 18
●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Schumann: Kinderszenen; Chopin:
Sonata in b Op.58. Younggun Kim, piano. St.
Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St.
416-593-5600 x231. Free.
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Rusalka.
See Oct 12. Also Oct 20(2pm), 22, 24,
26(4:30pm).
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Wind Symphony Concerts. Gregson:
Festivo; Calvert: Romantic Variations; Dello
Joio: Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn; Sparke:
Celebration; Grainger: Handel in the Strand/
Shepherd’s Hey/Children’s March. Jeffrey
Reynolds, conductor. MacMillan Theatre,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park.
416-408-0208. $30; $20(sr); $10(st). U of T
students admitted free with a valid TCard,
space permitting.
●●7:30: Vedrana Subotic. Piano Concert.
Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude;
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op.31 No.2; Chopin
Sonata No.2; Piazzolla: Tango Fantasy “Adios
A. Concerts in the GTA
OCT 17
Director Peter Mahon
Victoria
Requiem for 6 voices (1605)
Experience one of the true musical
masterpieces of the late Spanish
Renaissance, along with works by
Victoria’s contemporaries, including
Rimonte, Guerrero, Anerio,
Vasquez and Lobo.
Saturday, October 19, 7:30 pm
St. Patrick’s Church
141 McCaul St.
Nonina”. Vedrana Subotic piano. Heliconian
Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 647-332-3352. $35.
vedranasubotic.com.
●●8:00: Against the Grain Theatre. La
Bohème. See Oct 11. Also Oct 19, 20, 22, 24, 25.
●●8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. Voices
of Earth: In Celebration of Nature’s Beauty.
Mark Ramsay, conductor. St. Thomas’s Anglican
Church (Toronto), 383 Huron St. 416-971-
9229. $30; $25(sr); $20(arts workers/under
30); $10(st).
●●8:00: Gallery 345. Mark Fewer, violin &
Daniel Janke, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-
822-9781 or infogallery345.com or eventbrite.
ca. $25; $10(st). Cash only at the door.
●●8:00: Music Gallery. X AVANT XIV: Lido
Pimienta’s Miss Colombia with horns World
Premiere + OKAN. The Music Gallery,
918 Bathurst St. 416-204-1080. $25/$20(adv);
$15(st/members/earlybird).
●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Ustad Rahat Fateh
Ali Khan Live: Me, Myself & I. 60 Simcoe St.
416-872-4255. $95-$500.
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Chick
Tickets: $30, Seniors: $25, Students with ID: $10 (only at the door)
Info: 416 286-9798
Order online:
boxoffice.tallischoir.com
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un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario
Corea Trilogy with Christian McBride and
Brian Blade. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. SOLD OUT.
●●8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Paganini & Dvořák.
Paganini: Violin Concerto No.1; Dvořák: Chamber
Symphony Op.77a. Elisso Gogibedashvili,
violin; Nurhan Arman, conductor. Meridian
Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the
Arts), 5040 Yonge St., North York. 416-250-
3708 or sinfoniatoronto.com. $42; $35(sr);
$15(st); $24(artsworker).
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque Roots. See
Oct 16. Also Oct 19(8pm), 20(3:30pm).
Saturday October 19
●●2:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Early Music Concerts: Acis and Galatea.
Handel: Acis and Galatea. Isaiah Bell,
stage director; Larry Beckwith conductor.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-408-
0208. $30; $20(sr); $10(st). U of T students
admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting.
Also Oct 20(eve).
●●4:30: Canadian Opera Company. Turandot.
See Oct 4. Also Oct 23, 25, 27(2pm).
●●4:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Taylor
Performance Academy for Young Artists
Series: Showcase Concerts. Features classical
musicians aged 8-18. Mazzoleni Concert
Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. Free(ticket required). Tickets available
a week prior to concert date.
●●7:00: Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto.
Concert Series 1: Threnody - Remembrance,
Rest, Homecoming. Works by Beethoven, Britten,
Mendelssohn and Rheinberger. St. John's
York Mills Anglican Church, 19 Don Ridge Dr.
416-446-0188. $45; $40(sr); $25(st).
●●7:30: Aga Khan Museum/Raag-Mala
Toronto. Sublime Sitar with Pandit Budhaditya
Mukherjee. Indian classical music. Pandit
Budhaditya Mukherjee, sitar; Sri Soumen
Nandy, tabla. Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford
Dr. 416-646-4677. $30-$40; $27-$36(friends/
Raag-Mala members).
●●7:30: Gallery 345. Payadora Tango Ensemble
with Elbio Fernandez. 345 Sorauren Ave.
416-822-9781 or infogallery345.com or eventbrite.ca.
$30. Cash only at the door.
●●7:30: Mississauga Festival Choir. Phantom of
the Opera. Film screening of the 1925 silent film
The Phantom of the Opera. Music for chamber
orchestra by Andrew Downing. RBC Theatre,
Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga.
905-306-6000 or livingartscentre.ca.
$30; $25(sr/st).
●●7:30: Opera by Request. Alexandra leBlanc,
soprano & Claire Harris, piano. Works by Raminsch,
Mahler, Barber, Bernstein and Debussy.
College Street United Church, 452 College St. 416-
455-2365. $20. Portion of proceeds donated to
Ronald McDonald House and to fund completion
of uncompleted Santiago de Compostella pilgrimage
of leBlanc’s grandparents.
●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest/Patio Records. The
Healing Garden Benefit. Marla & David Celia;
Kobo Town; Meg Tennant. St. Paul’s United
Church (Scarborough), 200 McIntosh St.,
Scarborough. 416-729-7564. $30/$25(adv).
Fundraiser for garden of solace for cancer
patients at MacKenzie Health Foundation.
●●8:00: Against the Grain Theatre. La
Bohème. See Oct 11. Also Oct 20, 22, 24, 25.
●●8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Autumn
Leaves. Fauré: Piano Quartet No.1 in c. Sara
Raff, violin; Jeewon Kim, viola; Alex Grant,
cello; Ron Greidanus, piano. Piano Hall,
157 Main St. S., Georgetown. 905-873-9909.
$45 in advance only.
●●8:00: Greenbank Folk Music Society. Keith
Glass Band. Dennis O’Toole. Greenbank Hall,
19965 Highway #12, Greenbank. 905-985-
8351. $30.
●●8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto. In Concert.
Martha Masters, guitar. St. Andrew’s
Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-964-8298
or guitarsocietyoftoronto.com. $40; $35(sr);
$30(st); $35(adv); $30(sr adv); $25(st adv).
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Beauty,
Fate, and Variations. Brahms: Variations on a
Theme by Haydn; Barber: Concerto for Violin
and Orchestra; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4.
Leslie Ashworth, violin; Kristian Alexander,
conductor; Travis Grubisi, host. Flato Markham
Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham.
905-305-7468. $15-$40. 7pm silent
auction; 7:15pm pre-concert recital; 7:30pm
pre-concert talk; intermission discussion;
post-concert champagne reception.
●●8:00: Music Gallery. X AVANT XIV: Willi Williams
and New Chance World Premiere +
Holy Hum. The Music Gallery, 918 Bathurst
St. 416-204-1080. $25/$20(adv); $15(st/
members/earlybird).
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music
Mix Series: Bruce Cockburn Solo. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $50-$105.
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque Roots. See
Oct 16. Also Oct 20(3:30pm).
Sunday October 20
●●1:00: Opticianado. Shelby Lamb.
2919 Dundas St. W. 416-604-2020. Free.
Family friendly.
●●1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music & Truffles:
Bennewitz Quartet. Music from Eastern
Europe; Bach: The Art of the Fugue (selections).
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-
922-3714 x103. $20.
●●2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Rusalka.
See Oct 12. Also Oct 22, 24, 26(4:30pm).
●●2:00: Daniel Lichti. Art Song in House. Lieder,
Mélodie and Art Song. Graduate level and emerging
classical singers of all voice types. A Private
Home, 13A Robina Ave. 226-581-2972. $20. A
salon concert; total occupancy is 18. Also Nov 17.
●●2:00: Roy Thomson Hall. The Chieftains
and Friends. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$49.50-$89.50.
●●2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Mazzoleni
Masters Series: A Hungarian Trilogy.
Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin Sz117
BB124; Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello Op.7;
Dohnányi: Serenade Op.10. Erika Raum, violin;
Barry Shiffman, viola; Tom Wiebe, cello. Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St.
W. 416-408-0208. $30.
●●2:00: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
A French Salon: Refugee Fundraising Concert.
Works by Hahn, Debussy, Poulenc, Satie,
Piaf. Allison Angelo, soprano; Market Ornova,
piano. Private Residence, 39 Old Mill Road.
416-830-8128. $100. Tax receipt issued for
$50. Fundraiser for newly arrived Syrian
family. Wine, hors d’oeuvres, desserts served.
●●2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Choirs in Concert: Seasons of Song.
Works by Farrell, Emery and Hammell.
Women’s Chorus; Men’s Chorus; Elaine Choi
and Mark Ramsay, conductors. Church of the
Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.
$30; $20(sr); $10(st). U of T students admitted
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